The Dashboard tab/screen provides a quick overview of all the enabled or disabled services, how many emails have been quarantined, how many emails were detected with malware or spam, and more. You will be presented with the Dashboard screen which has 5 tabs namely: To access the Dashboard, go to GFI MailEssentials > Dashboard.
Successful authentication will allow the Administrator access to the MailEssentials Configuration console. Straightaway, we can see from the left-hand pane, some of the great features available in MailEssentials. You will be presented with the below login screen where you need to provide valid credentials before you can proceed: If accessing MailEssentials over the internet, the hostname section of the URL should be substituted with the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) or Public IP address of the MailEssentials server. Refer to this linked article for the latest list of supported internet browsers. This URL can also be copied and reopened in any of the supported browsers. or IP address]/MailEssentials/pages/Login.aspx.This will open the MailEssentials Configuration Console in a new browser tab on your default web browser. This particular one was taken from a Windows Server 2016 environment. Note: The Start menu layout may differ slightly depending on your Windows OS version.